The Playboy founder, 84, is engaged to Crystal Harris, his 24-year-old girlfriend and Playmate, a Playboy rep confirms to UsMagazine.com.

Hefner first Tweeted about it on Sunday. "When I gave Crystal the ring, she burst into tears," the Girls Next Door star wrote. "This is the happiest Christmas weekend in memory...I got what I was hoping for for Christmas...Crystal's love."

To make his news absolutely clear, the mogul then added: "Yes, the ring I gave Crystal is an engagement ring. I didn't mean to make a mystery out of it. A very merry Christmas to all."

I got an invite from a buddy here in Hollywood as a guest of his at the Playboy mansion’s infamous “Saturday Night Party”. Had the worst case of the flu and uttered a little prayer to the Big Guy upstairs ‘Dude, dont do this..not today” LOL.

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